Alopecia Areata - Hair loss Causes & Living With It | NIAMS
13 Oct 2024 at 11:31pm
Alopecia areata is a disease that happens when the immune system attacks hair follicles and causes hair loss. Hair follicles are the structures in skin that form hair. While hair can be lost from any part of the body, alopecia areata usually affects the head and face. Hair typically falls out in small, round patches about the size of a quarter ...
Autoimmune Diseases | NIAMS
14 Oct 2024 at 6:12am
Your immune system is the network of cells and tissues in your body that work together to defend you from viruses, bacteria, and infection. It tries to identify and destroy the invaders that might hurt you. In autoimmune diseases, proteins known as autoantibodies target the body?s own healthy tissues by mistake, signaling the body to attack them.
Psoriasis Types, Symptoms & Causes | NIAMS
13 Oct 2024 at 8:10pm
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease, which means that your body?s immune system starts overacting and causing problems. If you have psoriasis, immune cells become active and produce molecules that set off the rapid production of skin cells. This is why skin in people with the disease is inflamed and scaly.
Psoriasis Basics: Overview, Symptoms, and Causes
11 Oct 2024 at 6:18pm
In psoriasis, your body?s immune system starts working too much and causing problems. Doctors do not fully understand what triggers the immune system, but they know that it involves genes and environmental factors. Many people with psoriasis have a family history of the disease.
Rheumatoid Arthritis | Health Topics | NIAMS
13 Oct 2024 at 6:56am
Overview of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic (long-lasting) autoimmune disease that mostly affects joints. RA occurs when the immune system, which normally helps protect the body from infection and disease, attacks its own tissues. The disease causes pain, swelling, stiffness, and loss of function in joints.
Vitiligo Symptoms, Treatment & Causes | NIAMS
14 Oct 2024 at 4:10am
Normally, the immune system works throughout your body to fight off and defend your body from viruses, bacteria, and infection. In people with autoimmune diseases, the immune cells attack the body?s own healthy tissues by mistake. People with vitiligo may be more likely to develop other autoimmune disorders as well.
Autoinflammatory Disease Types | NIAMS
13 Oct 2024 at 10:02am
Your immune system is the network of cells and tissues throughout your body that work together to defend you from viruses, bacteria, and infection. It tries to identify, kill, and eliminate the invaders that might hurt you. Parts of the immune system include: Acquired (or adaptive) immune system, which develops as you grow. Invaders provoke ...
Researchers identify cellular pathway that regulates inflammatory hair ...
10 Oct 2024 at 1:09am
In a paper published October 12, 2021, in Immunity, NIH researchers reveal new insights about the relationship between hair and hair follicles and the skin?s immune system. Hair grows from structures called hair follicles found all over our skin. Hair follicles are home to immune cells and beneficial bacteria.
What is Pemphigus? Symptoms & Causes | NIAMS
13 Oct 2024 at 5:01am
Overview of Pemphigus. Pemphigus is a disease that causes blistering of the skin and the inside of the mouth, nose, throat, eyes, and genitals. The disease is rare in the United States. Pemphigus is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks cells in the top layer of the skin (epidermis) and the mucous membranes.
Is Wim Hof right about the benefits of taking cold showers? | World ...
14 Oct 2024 at 5:07am
Some research suggests that it boosts the immune system. A Czech study showed that being immersed in cold water (14°C for one hour) three times a week for six weeks, gave a slight boost to the immune system of ?athletic young men?, the only group tested. However, further research is needed to fully understand the effects on the immune system.
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13 Oct 2024 at 11:31pm
Alopecia areata is a disease that happens when the immune system attacks hair follicles and causes hair loss. Hair follicles are the structures in skin that form hair. While hair can be lost from any part of the body, alopecia areata usually affects the head and face. Hair typically falls out in small, round patches about the size of a quarter ...
Autoimmune Diseases | NIAMS
14 Oct 2024 at 6:12am
Your immune system is the network of cells and tissues in your body that work together to defend you from viruses, bacteria, and infection. It tries to identify and destroy the invaders that might hurt you. In autoimmune diseases, proteins known as autoantibodies target the body?s own healthy tissues by mistake, signaling the body to attack them.
Psoriasis Types, Symptoms & Causes | NIAMS
13 Oct 2024 at 8:10pm
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease, which means that your body?s immune system starts overacting and causing problems. If you have psoriasis, immune cells become active and produce molecules that set off the rapid production of skin cells. This is why skin in people with the disease is inflamed and scaly.
Psoriasis Basics: Overview, Symptoms, and Causes
11 Oct 2024 at 6:18pm
In psoriasis, your body?s immune system starts working too much and causing problems. Doctors do not fully understand what triggers the immune system, but they know that it involves genes and environmental factors. Many people with psoriasis have a family history of the disease.
Rheumatoid Arthritis | Health Topics | NIAMS
13 Oct 2024 at 6:56am
Overview of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic (long-lasting) autoimmune disease that mostly affects joints. RA occurs when the immune system, which normally helps protect the body from infection and disease, attacks its own tissues. The disease causes pain, swelling, stiffness, and loss of function in joints.
Vitiligo Symptoms, Treatment & Causes | NIAMS
14 Oct 2024 at 4:10am
Normally, the immune system works throughout your body to fight off and defend your body from viruses, bacteria, and infection. In people with autoimmune diseases, the immune cells attack the body?s own healthy tissues by mistake. People with vitiligo may be more likely to develop other autoimmune disorders as well.
Autoinflammatory Disease Types | NIAMS
13 Oct 2024 at 10:02am
Your immune system is the network of cells and tissues throughout your body that work together to defend you from viruses, bacteria, and infection. It tries to identify, kill, and eliminate the invaders that might hurt you. Parts of the immune system include: Acquired (or adaptive) immune system, which develops as you grow. Invaders provoke ...
Researchers identify cellular pathway that regulates inflammatory hair ...
10 Oct 2024 at 1:09am
In a paper published October 12, 2021, in Immunity, NIH researchers reveal new insights about the relationship between hair and hair follicles and the skin?s immune system. Hair grows from structures called hair follicles found all over our skin. Hair follicles are home to immune cells and beneficial bacteria.
What is Pemphigus? Symptoms & Causes | NIAMS
13 Oct 2024 at 5:01am
Overview of Pemphigus. Pemphigus is a disease that causes blistering of the skin and the inside of the mouth, nose, throat, eyes, and genitals. The disease is rare in the United States. Pemphigus is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks cells in the top layer of the skin (epidermis) and the mucous membranes.
Is Wim Hof right about the benefits of taking cold showers? | World ...
14 Oct 2024 at 5:07am
Some research suggests that it boosts the immune system. A Czech study showed that being immersed in cold water (14°C for one hour) three times a week for six weeks, gave a slight boost to the immune system of ?athletic young men?, the only group tested. However, further research is needed to fully understand the effects on the immune system.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
